Brown Pelicans (breeding colors) - La Jolla Cove

[Donkees]

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 560mm f/8.0 1/1600s 400 ISO 0.0 EV

David Clark

[rampartc]

1. the brown pelican is my state bird

and a magnificent one. when i was a kid there was one sitting on every piling in lake pontchartrain. ddt almost wiped them out, but they are coming back.

thanks for all of these , donkees, the hummingbirds alone have been worth opening the posts. i can't wait for the ruby throated hummingbirds to return to my feeder.

[Croney]

3. Ah, the memories...

[Donkees]

4. This pelican looks happy with a full pouch ...

(Meanwhile, it's about eight more weeks until my Rubies return)

[lastlib]

2. A marvelous bird is the pelican.......

"A marvelous bird is the pelican,
His beak can hold more than his belly can;
He can hold in his beak
Enough food for a week,
But I don't know how the hell he can."
--Author unknown

[niyad]

6. Thanks for the reminder!

[niyad]

5. As often as I used to see them there, I never saw that. Beautiful.

[jmbar2]

7. Lots of brown pelicans where I live

(Oregon coast). I've never seen them up close. They are beautiful! Thanks for posting.